Chávez has problems, winning not one

Updated 9:16 pm, Sunday, February 5, 2012

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (left) lands a punch on Marco Antonio Rubio during Saturday night's "Welcome to the Future" fight card at the Alamodome. Chavez remained unbeaten at 45-0-1 and kept his title despite reports of a recent arrest and talk of training "mistakes."

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (left) lands a punch on Marco Antonio Rubio during Saturday night's "Welcome to the Future" fight card at the Alamodome. Chavez remained unbeaten at 45-0-1 and kept his title despite

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Despite having trouble making the weight, reportedly dropping as much as 5 pounds in the past few days, Chávez earned a decision on all three scorecards.

A crowd of 14,120 cheered wildly in the last two rounds as he stood toe-to-toe with Rubio, trading blows.

In his post-fight remarks, Chávez thanked God for allowing him to defend his title.

Then he got in one last dig at his foe.

“I'm still standing,” he said through an interpreter. “Rubio said he was going to knock me out. He needs to eat his words now.”

Chávez admitted to making “mistakes” in his training, which caused problems for him in getting down to the 160-pound weight.

“I won't make the same mistakes,” he said. “Never again.”

The crowd was the third-largest for a boxing event in the dome's 19-year history. On the co-main event, Nonito Donaire captured the vacant WBO junior featherweight title with a split decision over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.